Huge Mural at Redlands Sporting Club
We created a huge mural in the games room of the club.
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Huge Mural at Redlands Sporting ClubWe created a huge mural in the games room of the club. |
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This was a very big project, a huge wall
that the club manager wanted to "open up" and give the illusion of
looking out over a scene to include water and ocean. They wanted to have scenes of the community around the Redland Bay area enjoying the wonderful water and nature in the area. We created a mural of 50 square metres - around 27m wide by 1.8m high. It was made up of 27 individual panels, all painted on site at the club, in an area where clients would often come in and sit down to what the called their "art class"! We managed all the technical engineering side of the job, from obtaining timber panels cut to the right size, and even the final fitting of the panels on the wall with a carpenter/builder. the attachments were made invisible so it looked as though the painting was a mural created directly on the wall. Three special easels were custom made by Art at Heart to allow 3 separate panels to be painted at once, to make sure the images were seamless where the panels touched. To design the picture, Jacqueline Hill spent several days out exploring the region and taking around 400 photos with a semi-professional digital camera. She then created a miniature panel to the size and proportions of the wall and sketched a continuous picture where images of areas blended into one another. Originally we tried to design a Trompe L'Oeil to give the illusion of looking out through to the ocean, but the geometry required by perspective is such that the length of the panel would not allow it, as the widely varying viewing points would not allow it to work. The final design worked very well. the patrons to the club were amazed at the final result, as was the manager who hired Art at Heart. Call us now or to get a free quote for a mural at your office or home! |
Above are the sketch panels that the club committee approved before the painting began
Starting to sketch in the very first panel!
Panels are underway - one at a time, with its neighbour on both sides
The manager of the club, Rick, is very happy with the final result created by Art at Heart and Jacqueline Hill. |
